CHILDHOOD TUBERCULOSIS AND INFECTION WITH THE HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS

TB in HIV-infected individuals is a major cause of morbidity and morta lity in developing countries and poses enormous problems to the health services. Despite the availability of curative therapy, the incidence of TB in children and adults is increasing at an alarming rate and po ses a grave threat to TB control programmes in developing countries. P rospective studies to define basic clinical, microbiological and epide miological features of the resurgence of childhood TB in the light of the HIV epidemic are required.